“Here, where the air is loaded with iodine and where the ultra-violet ray is ever-present in our smiling sunshine, your health and happiness is our business.”
Sun Fun in New Jersey
(1946 publication of the New Jersey Resort Association)

Friday, April 11, 2014

Laura Nyro - Brown Earth

I don't know if Carrie likes Laura, but this is one of my fave "being alive" songs. for her recent birthday.

Huge, huge fan of Laura Nyro. I started listening to her in the early 1970's, after having discovered that she wrote a lot of songs that I like which were performed by others, like "When I Die" (Blood, Sweat & Tears), "Stoned Soul Picnic" (The 5th Dimension), "The Flim Flam Man" and "Stoney End" (Barbra Streisand). Her performances of these songs were a tad different than the cover versions, but I loved her sound.